Paul Passed On The True Gospel of Christ

It may come as a surprise to some to hear that the Quran implicitly affirms that the
teachings of the Apostle Paul, which has become the foundation of Christianity, are
derived from Christ. In other words, the Quran indirectly testifies that Pauls
theology wasnt something that he simply concocted in order to win converts from the
Gentiles, but came from God through Christ.

Before presenting the evidence, we would first like to clarify our reasons for
appealing to the Quran. We do not believe that the Quran is Gods Word. However, we
do believe that the Quran is an early record of what the first Muslims believed. As such,
the Quran becomes an important source of information for discovering the official beliefs
of the first Muslims.

In light of this, it bears repeating that the Quran testifies that the Christianity
proclaimed by Paul (i.e., "Pauline" Christianity) is true Christianity.

My response:

So far there is nothing of substance to argue about here.

He wrote:

We base our position on the Quranic claim that Christs true believers would
prevail over the unbelievers till the Day of Resurrection:

Behold! Allah said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear
thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee
SUPERIOR to those who reject faith, TO THE DAY OF RESURRECTION: Then shall ye all
return unto Me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute." S.
3:55

O ye who believe! Be ye helpers of Allah: as said Jesus the son of Mary to the
Disciples, "Who will be my helpers to (the work of) Allah?" Said the Disciples,
"We are Allah's helpers!" then a portion of the Children of Israel believed, and
a portion disbelieved: But We gave power to those who believed against their enemies,
AND THEY BECAME THE ONES THAT PREVAILED. S. 61:14

According to these passages, Allah gave Christs followers the power to prevail
over the disbelievers, and made them superior till the day of resurrection. Yet the ones
that prevailed were the Apostles such as Paul, as well as his followers. This means that
if the Quran is correct, then Pauls message is the truth since it has become
dominant and has prevailed over all other opposing messages.

Sayyid Qutb comments on S. 3:55:

... It was also the will of God to elevate the followers of Jesus above the unbelievers
until the Day of Resurrection ...

It is not difficult, on the other hand, to explain Gods statement that He had
placed those who follow Jesus above the unbelievers, and that this elevation continues
until the Day of Resurrection. Those who follow Jesus are the ones who believe in
Gods true religion, Islam, or surrender to God. Every prophet is fully aware of the
true nature of this religion. Every messenger preached the same religion and everyone who
truly believes in the Divine faith believes in it. These believers are indeed far superior
to the unbelievers according to Gods measure, and they will continue to be so until
the Day of Judgement. Moreover, they prove their superiority in our practical life every
time they confront the forces of un-faith with the true nature of faith and the reality of
following Gods messengers. The Divine faith is one, as preached by Jesus, son of
Mary, as preached by every messenger sent before him and by the messenger sent after him.
Those who follow Muhammad at the same time follow all the messengers sent by God, starting
with Adam until the last messenger. (In the Shade of the Quran - Fi Zilal
al-Quran, Volume 2, Surah 3, translated and edited by Adil Salahi & Ashur
Shamis [The Islamic Foundation, 2000], pp. 97-98)

The problem with Qutbs claim is that the Christian believers that prevailed over
all were not Muslims and their message certainly wasnt Islam. Hence, either the true
followers of Christ were vanquished, thus falsifying the Quran which says that they would
dominate. Or, the Quran is false since it contradicts the true message of Christs
followers.

... This verse contains four promises relating to Jesus triumph over his enemies
as against their plans ... And the fourth promise is that those who follow Jesus shall
be made dominant over his rejectors till the day of Judgment. The truth of this fourth
prophecy is witnessed TO THIS DAY in the dominance of the Christians over the Jews.
(Ali, Holy Quran [Ahmadiyyah Anjuman Isha'at Islam Lahore Inc. USA, 1995], pp.
147-148, fn. 439; bold and capital emphasis ours)

Here are his statements regarding S. 61:14:

... The description applies to the triumph of the teachings of Christ over those who
opposed the dissemination of his teachings, and speaks prophetically of the ultimate
triumph of Islam over all other religions of the world. (Ibid., p. 1058, fn. 2501; bold
emphasis ours)

Ali fails to mention that the teachings that dominated were those passed on by Paul
(which is actually the same message preached by Christ and the other disciples)!

A portion of the Children of Israel - the ones that really cared for Truth - believed
in Jesus and followed his guidance. But the greater portion of them were hard-hearted, and
remained in their beaten track of formalism and false racial pride. The majority seemed
at first to have the upper hand when they thought they had crucified Jesus and killed his
Message. But they were soon brought to their senses. Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus in
A.D. 70 and the Jews have been scattered ever since. "The Wandering Jew" has
become a bye-word in many literatures. On the other hand, those who followed Jesus
PERMEATED the Roman Empire, brought many new races within their circle, and through the
Roman Empire, Christianity became the predominant religion of the world until the advent
of Islam ... (bold and capital emphasis ours)

What this Ali failed to note is that the form of Christianity that permeated the Roman
Empire is what Muslims degradingly call "Pauline" Christianity. Hence, that
Pauls message dominated is a sign that his Gospel was that which God entrusted to
Christs true followers. If it were argued that Pauls version of Christianity
is an aberration of the truth, this then means that the Quran is wrong for claiming that
God had caused Christs true followers to prevail. It would mean that Paul was able
to thwart Allahs purposes, being able to prevent the true believers from dominating
over their enemies.

Here are the late S. Abu Ala Maududis comments on S. 61:14:

... Those who disbelieved in Jesus Christ are the Jews, and those who believed him are
the Christians as well as the Muslims, and Allah granted them domination over the
disbelievers of Christ. This is meant to requires [sic] the Muslims that
just as the believers of Christ have dominated over his disbelievers in the past, so
will the believers of the Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be Allahs peace) prevail over
disbelievers. (Meaning of the Quran, Volume V, english rendering by A.A.
Kamal, M.A. [Islamic Publications (Pvt.) Limited, 13-E, Shahalam Market, Lahore-8
Pakistan], p. 516, fn. 21; underline emphasis ours)

As we had noted earlier, the obvious problem with Maududis explanation is that
the message of Christs true believers directly contradicts the message of Islam.
That is, unless one wants to claim that Christs true message got distorted and a
false message prevailed over it, a claim which then contradicts the plain reading of the
passages in question.

As Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi, while commenting on the last part of S. 61:14,
states:

"This is what happened. When Allah raised Isa to heaven, his followers
divided into sects and groups. Some of them believed in what Allah sent Isa as, a
servant of Allah, His Messenger, and the son of His female-servant.

However, some of them went to the extreme over Isa, believing that he was the son
of Allah. Some of them said that Isa was Allah Himself, while others said that he
was one of a Trinity. Allah mentioned these false creeds in the Quran and refuted
them. The Christians remained like this until the third century CE, when a Greek king
called, Constantine, became a Christian for the purpose of destroying Christianity.
Constantine was either a philosopher, or he was just plain ignorant. Constantine changed
the religion of Isa by adding to it and deleting from it. He established the rituals
of Christianity and the so-called Great Trust which is in fact the Great Treachery. He
also allowed them to eat the meat of swine, changed the direction of the prayer that
Isa established to the east, built churches for Isa, and added ten days to the
fast as compensation for a sin that he committed, as claimed. So the religion of Isa
became the religion of Constantine, who built more than twelve thousand churches, temples
and monasteries for the Christians as well as the city that bears his name, Constantinople
(Istanbul). THROUGHOUT THIS TIME, the Christians had the upper hand and dominated the
Jews. ALLAH AIDED THEM AGAINST THE JEWS BECAUSE THEY USED TO BE CLOSER TO THE TRUTH THAN
THE JEWS, even though both groups were and still are disbelievers, may Allahs curse
descend on them." (Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged), Volume 2, Parts 3, 4, & 5
(Surat Al-Baqarah, Verse 253, to Surat An-Nisa, Verse 147), abridged by a group of
scholars under the supervision of Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri [Darussalam
Publishers & Distributors Riyadh, Houston, New York, Lahore; First Edition: March
2000], p. 171; bold and capital emphasis ours)

Ibn Kathirs explanation doesnt solve the problem since if the Quran is
correct then the Christianity that Ibn Kathir attacks is indeed the truth. Otherwise, Ibn
Kathirs comments imply that Allah either allowed a false form of Christianity to
prevail, or failed to grant Christs true believers dominance over those seeking to
pervert the true teachings of Christ!

Hence, Muslims are in a dilemma that they cannot easily resolve. Namely, to accept the
Quran is to accept "Pauline" Christianity. Yet to accept "Pauline"
Christianity is to reject the Quran, since the Quran contradicts the core teaching of Paul
as has been preserved in the pages of the Holy Bible and amongst true Christians
historically.

A Muslim may wish to argue that these verses refer to Muhammad and the Muslims as those
who truly believe in Christ and dominate till the Resurrection Day. This explanation fails
to resolve the issue. The passages do not say that Christs followers would only
prevail from the time of Muhammads advent, but from the time that Christ was
taken to God and unto the Day of Resurrection.

My response:

We first of all need to know who Jesus is in Islam. Jesus peace be upon him was
Allah Almighty's Messenger to the People of Israel. His Message was simple: "They do blaspheme who say: 'God is Christ the son of Mary.' But said
Christ: 'O Children of Israel ! worship God, my Lord and your Lord.' (The Noble Quran, 5:72)"

"And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with
means better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong
(and injury): but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in
that which came down to you; Our God and your God is one; and it is to Him we bow (in
Islam)." (The Noble Quran, 29:46)"

"Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal,
Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him. (The Noble Quran, 112:1-4)"

"Then Praise be to Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of
the earth- Lord and Cherisher of all the worlds! To Him be Glory throughout the
heavens and the earth: and He is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom!. (The Noble Quran, 45:36-37)"

"Say: 'O People of the Book (i.e., Jews and Christians)!
Come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but
Allah; that we associate no partners with Him; that we erect not, from among
ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah.' If then they turn back, say ye:
'Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah's Will).' (The Noble Quran, 3:64)"

The early Christians did not believe in the polytheist trinity paganism. Even
Christians today don't agree on who Jesus really is. They all say "Jesus is the
Son of God", but when one tries to dig deeper into what "Son of God" really
means, he will find clear contradictions and conflicts among them. Some believe that
Jesus is the Creater of the Universe, and some believe that Jesus is a Creation from GOD
Almighty.

Trinity did not prevail in this world, and it will never prevail in this world.
Up until the 1400s, Islam had the dominating power over the world. The Islamic
Empire stretched from the borders of France all the way to the borders of China!
The followers of Jesus are the modern Muslims of today. Anyone who believes in GOD
Almighty as the Absolute One and True Living LORD, then he is a follower of Jesus peace be
upon him.

Let us look at what Allah Almighty said in the Noble Quran about the polytheist pagan
trinity that Paul invented:

"They do blaspheme who say: 'God is Christ the son of Mary.'
But said Christ: 'O Children of Israel ! worship God, my Lord and your Lord.' (The Noble Quran, 5:72 )"

"They do blaspheme who say God is one of three in a Trinity:
for there is no god except One God. If they desist not from their word (of
blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them. (The Noble Quran, 5:73)"

The perfection here means a spiritual one. What the verse
is saying is that knowledge is not what matters! The teacher or master is higher in
knowledge than his student. But the student can be as high as his teacher, or even
higher, by being a true 'MUSHLAM' or Muslim, a
spiritually perfect and well-disciplined person!

The Arabic word "baseera", which
is what is falsely translated for "MUSHLAM"
by the deceiving polytheist trinitarian pagans from the Arabic translators, actually means
"having spiritual knowledge or discipline"!
Even in their twisted translation, the word clearly is used for spiritual discipline and not just technical
knowledge of our worldly knowledge today such as Science or Mathematics or anything else.

In other words:

1- My math
teacher can be more knowledgeable than me in math, but with my baseera (being a very good Muslim that
is), I can be an equal or even better person than him or her!!

2- My master,
if I were a slave, can be higher than me in authority and worldly reputation, but with my baseera (with my Islam), I can
be an equal or even better person than him!!

Even their wrong word clearly supports Islam, because the verse is crystal clear in
Aramaic!! The most accurate and honest translation for the Aramaic Mushlam is none other than the Arabic Muslim, which means Believer!

Continuing with brother Tamer's article....

Let us look at what Jesus said in Luke 6:40 in the language of Aramaic translated into
Hebrew as shown below:

Recently Father Pecerillo, a famous Franciscan Archiologist, found more than twenty
churches in Madaba at the south of Jordan. From the Forth Century we found houses in
Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine with this inscription in Arabic :"Bism Allah al Rahman al Rahim" which showed that Christians
were the first to use this name, Allah for GOD Almighty, which proves that the name of GOD
Almighty in the Noble Quran, "Allah" is the correct one. This also proves
to us that the Bible is not all found. There are still missing pieces in it that
disprove trinity.

Paul was not a follower of Jesus. Paul never even met Jesus in person. Paul
actually used to persecute Christians. While going on his way to Damascus, he
claimed that Jesus appeared to him and anointed him to be "his apostle".
Paul, however, had proven himself to be a big liar in the Bible. Please visit:

This is perhaps why men such as Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir, al-Tabari and al-Thalabi could
view Paul in such a positive light. They seemingly realized that Paul had a tremendous
influence in the growth and spread of Christianity, and had been sovereignly used by God
as his instrument of domination over the unbelievers. (see the article The Apostles of Christ: Messengers of
God or Mere Disciples?)

To summarize the Islamic evidence, we discovered that

The Quran records the domination of Christs true believers over the disbelievers.

This domination would continue till the Day of Resurrection.

Pauls message dominated and became superior to all other opposing messages.

This implies that if the Quran is right then Pauls message must be correct.

Yet, these factors introduce the following problems for the Muslims:

The Quran contradicts the core teachings of the Apostle Paul as well as the message of
the Holy Bible as a whole.

Since the Quran and early Muslim commentators clearly testify to the accuracy and
legitimacy of Pauls preaching, this means that the Quran cannot be the word of God.
Rather, it must be the word of fallible men such as Muhammad and/or others.

This also implies that the author(s) of the Quran was (were) unaware of the true message
of the Holy Bible and of the Apostle Paul, and thought that it agreed with his (their) own
preaching. The author(s) presumably thought that in acknowledging the testimony of the
Holy Bible he (they) would therefore be legitimizing the prophetic claims of Muhammad. Had
he (they) been aware of the true message of the Holy Bible the author(s) might not have
given so much credence to both Paul and the Holy Bible.

This concludes our paper. We pray that our risen Lord and immortal Savior will use this
to bring precious Muslims into his glorious love and truth. Amen. Come Lord Jesus, come.
We will always love you by Gods all powerful, sovereign grace.

My response:

Like I mentioned above, the early Christians rejected trinity. Islam also
dominated a large part of the world for so many centuries. Allah Almighty also
cursed in the Noble Quran those who follow the trinity lie. Therefore, trinity is
not supported in the Noble Quran, and the followers of Jesus in the Noble Quran are those
who Worship Allah Almighty as the Absolute One and True Living GOD Almighty. They
are the Muslims. And like I showed above, Jesus himself used the word
"Muslim" during his ministry.

The reason why trinity is stronger than Islam today is because the Muslims themselves
are corrupted. This is no surprise. Allah Almighty did warn us from Muslim
hypocrites and corruption. Please visit:

Did Isaiah 53 really prophesies about the
crucifixion of Jesus? It supports Islam's claims about Jesus peace be upon him
never died on the cross. I also addressed John 19:36-37 from the Bible and proved
that Jesus never got crucified, since GOD Almighty promised that he will protect Jesus'
body and not let even a single bone be broken. My question to all Christians is: How in the world is it possible for the feet to get nailed on the cross
without any penetration to the bones by the nails, hence breaking part of the feet's
bones?! I also added refutations to Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Zechariah 12:10 and Psalm 34:20, which
supposedly prove the Christians' belief about Jesus crucifixion. I proved that this
dogma has no truth what so ever and exposed the wrong Trinitarian English translation of Zechariah 12:10.